Public Health

New Research Links Flint Water Crisis to 'Horrifyingly Large' Spike in Fetal Death Rates

Bolstering Single-Payer Case, Report Shows How For-Profit Insurers Fuel Opioid Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"In case you didn't know, the opioid epidemic is fueled in part by systemic failures in healthcare."

Fire Erupts Again at Houston-Area Chemical Plant as Public Remains in Dark

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Fire and smoke erupted for a second time Friday evening at the Houston-area...

Resurrecting 'Gilded Age,' Trump Budget Sacrifices All for Military and Ultra-Rich

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

President Donald Trump officially unveiled his budget on Tuesday and made clear...

With New Leadership on the Way, Public Health Experts Demand WHO Take on Factory Farms

Across Montana, Sanders and Quist Rail Against 'Un-American Healthcare Plan'

EPA Asked for Public Input On Regulation Rollback—and the Resistance Delivered

Watchdogs Warn New Bill Would Axe Corporate Liability at Public's Expense

Michelle Obama Offers Great Question To Ask Trump: 'What Is Wrong With You?'

Dangerous Trifecta of Crises as Yemen Hit With Cholera Outbreak

Experts Resign From EPA Subcommittee to Protest Trump's War on Science

GOP Counters Voter Fury Over Trumpcare With Lies and Spin

Message to House GOP After Trumpcare Vote: 'See You at the Ballot Box'

Feinstein Hosts Industry Fundraiser Days After Dissing Single Payer

Trump's USDA Rolls Back School Lunch Guidelines Championed by Michelle Obama

Women, Be Warned: Trump Just Nominated Radical Anti-Choice Activist for Key HHS Post

Further

Toxic Hot Seat: Your House Is (Still) Full of Poison

Called "horrifying, infuriating, compelling and hopeful," a new documentary Toxic Hot Seat explores the chemical flame retardants - equally likely to cause cancer and not to work - that are everywhere in our lives and houses, and the massive lobbying efforts of chemical manufacturers and Big Tobacco that put them there. With a new Give Toxics the Boot! campaign. "The average American baby is born with 10 fingers, 10 toes and the highest recorded levels of flame retardants among infants in the...